SKYW vs. ALK, CPA, JBLU, ALGT, DAL, UAL, LUV, AAL, ULCC, and VLRS
Should you be buying SkyWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SkyWest include Alaska Air Group (ALK), Copa (CPA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), United Airlines (UAL), Southwest Airlines (LUV), American Airlines Group (AAL), Frontier Group (ULCC), and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS). These companies are all part of the "air transportation, scheduled" industry.
SkyWest vs.
SkyWest (NASDAQ:SKYW) and Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Alaska Air Group had 3 more articles in the media than SkyWest. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alaska Air Group and 10 mentions for SkyWest. Alaska Air Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat SkyWest's score of 0.10 indicating that Alaska Air Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
81.3% of SkyWest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of SkyWest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Alaska Air Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SkyWest has a net margin of 9.15% compared to Alaska Air Group's net margin of 3.37%. Alaska Air Group's return on equity of 14.66% beat SkyWest's return on equity.
SkyWest currently has a consensus price target of $109.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.37%. Alaska Air Group has a consensus price target of $76.69, suggesting a potential upside of 8.27%. Given SkyWest's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe SkyWest is more favorable than Alaska Air Group.
Alaska Air Group has higher revenue and earnings than SkyWest. SkyWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SkyWest has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Air Group has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alaska Air Group received 388 more outperform votes than SkyWest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Alaska Air Group an outperform vote while only 68.32% of users gave SkyWest an outperform vote.
Summary
Alaska Air Group beats SkyWest on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SKYW) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
